Further disgusting is that Trump supporters actually think they are patriotic.Trinity wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:34 am Trump thinks “busing” is an alternative to what, limos to prep school? And Putin ripping “Western liberalism” leads him to whine about San Francisco and LA. The world knows the American President is a idiot. Only his base doesn’t get the mammoth ignorance on display here. Or they just don’t care. American Presidents didn’t use to suck up to dictators. Now they’re all “great guys.” What a trip.
Not all are as ignorant as Trump himself (though many actually are); it's that he appeals to their fear and hate of the Other. Which they translate as patriotic. But they actually don't believe in the "liberal democracy" of the US and the Western democracies that Putin says is dead. They are attracted to authoritarianism and the 'strong man', as long as they are among the favored by the authoritarian.